On every right-hand team page in the magazine, I list that teams’ current home power ratings. These home ratings go from a low of two points to a high of six points. I have nine sets of power ratings and this is the adjustment I give to the home team. Is home field really an […]
Read More… from Home Field Advantage Part Five: Home Field Edge Calculations
New to the magazine this year is the Homegrown Factor. When going over the teams with all the coaches it seemed to me that the teams that were built mostly with their own freshmen had the best success. Last year I made a home-grown chart to see what impact it had. Here is what I […]
I will be releasing the Hits and Misses of each team in each conference so you can see who faces the easiest and hardest schedule in each conference. I recently did a series looking back on my strength of schedule for each conference and in the Power 4 each schedule was a MAJOR force in […]
I recently did a series looking back on my strength of schedule for each conference and in the Power 4 each schedule was a MAJOR force in the leagues overall finish. The Group of Five leagues last year did not have the same impact with more teams going from worst to first and vice versa […]
A couple of years ago, I was wondering if there was any value in predicting future success/failure for teams that pulled a bunch of upsets a year prior and on the flip side of that, teams that were upset numerous times in the previous year. My hypothesis going into my research was that teams that […]
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be releasing the Hits and Misses of each team in each conference so you can see who faces the easiest and hardest schedule in each conference. I recently did a series looking back on my strength of schedule for each conference and in the Power 4 each […]
In upcoming blogs, I will be breaking down which teams drew the toughest and easiest schedules for 2026 for each of the conferences. I thought it would be a good idea to look back at 2025 and see if schedules do indeed influence the conference races. I have looked at the Big Ten, SEC and […]
Read More… from A Look Back at the 2025 Toughest Schedule for the Big 12
In 2023 I put the Schedule predictor up on Phil Steele Plus as I wanted to see where all my power ratings lined up on each game and if one set of power ratings fared better than the others vs the spread on a weekly basis. I also wanted to have a file where I […]
Read More… from The Schedule Predictor enters year #4 in 2026. Bigger and better each year!
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be releasing the Hits and Misses of each team in each conference so you can see who faces the easiest and hardest schedule in each conference. I recently did a series looking back on my strength of schedule for each conference and in the Power 4 each […]
In upcoming blogs, I will be breaking down which teams drew the toughest and easiest schedules for 2026 for each of the conferences. I thought it would be a good idea to look back at 2025 and see if schedules do indeed influence the conference races. Here is what I posted for the Toughest […]
Read More… from A Look Back at the 2025 Toughest Schedule Breakdown for the ACC
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